@[email protected] to Linux [email protected]English • 4 months agoLenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheldwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1131cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1131external-linkLenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheldwww.theverge.com@[email protected] to Linux [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•4 months agoLenovo will never get my money after they were caught installing rootkits on their computers. Fuck 'em, I don’t care how cheap they get.
minus-squareUlrichlinkfedilinkEnglish15•4 months agoIf you’re looking for ethical hardware manufacturers, there are none. Just do a clean install when you get it, like every other computer. I would assume licensing SteamOS legally prevents them from doing something like that, but who knows.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoIIRC Lenovo’s rootkit fuckery was in UEFI and auto-launched even after a fresh Windows install. It was complete bullshit.
minus-squareUlrichlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoYou think they’re manufacturing their own hardware?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoJust as much as mayor OEMs, yes. Even borrowing old licensed designs that are now Open and they still very much improve over them. You can literally find videos of their assembly and design processes.
Lenovo will never get my money after they were caught installing rootkits on their computers. Fuck 'em, I don’t care how cheap they get.
If you’re looking for ethical hardware manufacturers, there are none. Just do a clean install when you get it, like every other computer.
I would assume licensing SteamOS legally prevents them from doing something like that, but who knows.
IIRC Lenovo’s rootkit fuckery was in UEFI and auto-launched even after a fresh Windows install. It was complete bullshit.
Framework? Pine?
You think they’re manufacturing their own hardware?
Just as much as mayor OEMs, yes. Even borrowing old licensed designs that are now Open and they still very much improve over them. You can literally find videos of their assembly and design processes.